Birthdate: January 1, 1988 (38 Years Old)
Birthplace: United States
J.D. Dillard is a director specializing in horror and action movies, starting with the Blumhouse-produced
Sleight (2016), on which Dillard was co-writer-director (with co-writer Alex Theurer) with a cast led by Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, and Dulé Hill, and grossing a healthy $4 million on a $250,000 budget, after a world premiere at the Sundance film festival.
Dillard again partnered with co-writer and co-producer Theurer (and writer/co-producer Alex Hyner) for the sea-monster horror film premiering at Sundance,
Sweetheart (2019), which Dillard directed and produced with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, and starring Kiersey Clemons, Emory Cohen, and Hanna Mangan-Lawrence.
After directing several episodes for cable and streaming (including HBO’s
The Outsider (2020) and Amazon’s
Utopia (2020)), Dillard returned to feature filmmaking with the Korean War-set Naval pilot action drama,
Devotion (2022), with
Jonathan Majors and
Glen Powell, premiering at the Toronto film festival.